The Victorian Age
The Victorian illustrated book as it came into being, flourished, and evolved during the long nineteenth century. Developments in politics, industry, history, and culture impacted this hybrid art form. Our timeline will juxtapose key moments in British history and cultural with the publication of memorable illustrated books to demonstrate how this art form is a product of its age.
Campden Hill (The Romance of a Shop)
“There stood on Campden Hill a large, dun-coloured house, enclosed by a walled-in garden of several acres in extent. It belonged to no particular order of architecture, and was more suggestive of comfort than of splendour, with its great windows, and rambling, nondescript proportions. On one side, built out from the house itself, was a big glass structure, originally designed for a conservatory.”
Cornwall (The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy)
Cornwall (The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy)
Baker Street Station (The Romance of a Shop)
"At Baker Street Station they parted; Phyllis disappearing to the underground railway; Gertrude mounting boldly to the top of an Atlas omnibus. 'Because one cannot afford a carriage or even a hansom cab,' she argued to herself, 'is one to be shut up away from the sunlight and the streets?'" (pg. 61)
York Place (The Romance of a Shop, ch 5-8)
"Oh, Frank Jermyn? he's an artist; works chiefly in black and white for the illustrated papers, I think. He and another man have a studio in York Place together."
"Lucy, would you take number three camera to Mr. Jermyn's studio in York Place?"
